“Our histories never unfold in isolation. We cannot truly tell what we consider to be our own histories without knowing the other stories. And often we discover that those other stories are actually our own stories.”
Angela Davis
While in 1949, the formal system of colonization in Indonesian was officially over, new forms of imperialism and foreign control eventually filled this void.
As a United States based nonprofit, it would be malpractice to not acknowledge the United States’ role in Indonesian history. Don’t think of this section simply as a history lesson, understand that it connects to the work we are currently doing. The history between our two countries directly plays a role in why you are teaching English in Bali.
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I beg of you, do not think of colonialism only in the classic form which we of Indonesia, and our brothers in different parts of Asia and Africa, knew. Colonialism has also its modern dress, in the form of economic control, intellectual control, actual physical control by a small but alien community within a nation. It is a skillful and determined enemy, and it appears in many guises. It does not give up its loot easily. Wherever, whenever, and however it appears, colonialism is an evil thing, and one which must be eradicated from the earth.
Sukarno
Independence Leader and First President of Indonesia